To the Church in Ephesus
1“To the angel2:1 Or messenger; also in verses 8, 12 and 18 of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
4Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. 6But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
7Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
To the Church in Smyrna
8“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:
These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. 9I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.
11Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.
To the Church in Pergamum
12“To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword. 13I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.
14Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality. 15Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
17Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.
To the Church in Thyatira
18“To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:
These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
20Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. 21I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. 22So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
24Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you, 25except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
26To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations— 27that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’2:27 Psalm 2:9—just as I have received authority from my Father. 28I will also give that one the morning star. 29Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
給以弗所教會的信
1「你要寫信告訴以弗所教會的天使，那位右手拿著七顆星、往來於七個金燈臺中間的主說， 2『我知道你的行為、勞碌和堅忍，也知道你嫉惡如仇，曾查驗出那些假冒的使徒，揭穿他們的虛假。 3你曾堅定不移地為我的名受苦，沒有氣餒。 4但有一件事我要責備你，就是你把起初的愛心丟棄了。 5因此，要回想你在哪裡跌倒了，並且悔改，照起初所行的去行。否則，我就要到你那裡，將你的燈臺從原處拿走。 6然而你還有一點可取之處，就是你跟我一樣痛恨尼哥拉黨人的行徑。
7「『聖靈對各教會所說的話，凡有耳朵的都應當聽。我必將上帝樂園中生命樹上的果子賜給得勝者吃。』
給士每拿教會的信
8「你要寫信告訴士每拿教會的天使，那位首先的、末後的、死而復活的主說， 9『我知道你遭受的苦難和貧窮，其實你是富足的。我也知道那些人對你的毀謗，他們自稱是猶太人，其實他們不是，而是撒旦的會眾。 10你不要害怕將要遭受的苦難。看啊，魔鬼要將你們當中的一些人下在監牢，使你們受試煉，你們必遭受十天的迫害。你要至死忠心，我必賜給你生命的冠冕。
11「『聖靈對各教會所說的話，凡有耳朵的都應當聽。得勝者必不被第二次死亡所害。』
給別迦摩教會的信
12「你要寫信告訴別迦摩教會的天使，那位有兩刃利劍的主說， 13『我知道你住在撒旦稱王的地方。但你仍然堅守我的名，即使我忠心的見證人安提帕在你們這撒旦盤踞之處殉道的時候，你也沒有否認對我的信仰。 14不過有幾件事我要責備你：你那裡有人隨從巴蘭的教導，這巴蘭從前教巴勒在以色列人面前設置絆腳石，使他們吃祭過偶像的食物並陷入淫亂。 15同樣，你那裡也有人附從尼哥拉黨的教導。 16所以你要悔改，否則我必迅速到你那裡，用我口中的劍攻擊他們。
17「『聖靈對各教會所說的話，凡有耳朵的都應當聽。我必將隱藏的嗎哪賜給得勝者。我也要賜給他一塊白石，石上寫著一個新名字，除了那領受的人以外，沒有人認識。』
給推雅推喇教會的信
18「你要寫信告訴推雅推喇教會的天使，雙目如炬、雙腳像閃亮精銅的上帝的兒子說， 19『我知道你的行為、愛心、信心、事奉和堅忍，也知道你現在所做的善事比起初更多。 20但有一件事我要責備你，就是你容許那自稱是先知的婦人耶洗別教導我的眾奴僕，誘騙他們陷入淫亂並吃祭過偶像的食物。 21我曾給她悔改的機會，她卻不肯痛改自己的淫亂行為， 22所以我必叫她臥病在床。那些與她有染的人若不悔改，也必遭受極大的苦難。 23我要擊殺她的爪牙2·23 「爪牙」希臘文是「兒女」。，使眾教會都知道我洞察人的心思意念，我要照你們各人的行為對待你們。
24「『至於你們其餘在推雅推喇的人，就是不聽那邪說，沒有學習所謂的撒旦玄學的人，我告訴你們，我不會將別的重擔放在你們身上。 25但你們要持守所擁有的，一直到我來。 26-27我怎樣從我父領受了權柄，也必照樣把統治列國的權柄賜給遵守我命令到底的得勝者，他必用鐵杖管轄列國，將他們如同陶器一般打得粉碎。2·26‑27 詩篇2·9。 28我也要把晨星賜給他。
29「『聖靈對各教會所說的話，凡有耳朵的都應當聽。』
